different between accomplishment vs performing

English

Etymology

• First attested in the early 15th century.
• (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600.
• accomplish +? -ment
• Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl??.m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl??.m?nt/

Noun

accomplishment (countable and uncountable, plural accomplishments)

1. The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
3. Something accomplished; an achievement.
4. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.

Translations

Further reading

• accomplishment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From perform +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??f??m??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f??m??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m??
• Hyphenation: per?form?ing

Verb

performing

1. present participle of perform

Noun

performing (plural performings)

1. A performance.
   • 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits (page 248)

     Yet the misfortune of his life, his vast attempts but most inadequate performings, failing to accomplish any one masterpiece, seems to mark the closing of an era.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• preforming